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~ethos: beliefs, customs or practices of a group, the fundamental character or spirit of a culture, the moral element which determines actions, dominant assumptions of a group…an immersion of soul into the universal current of life

“For me, divinity takes form, that resonates in me, with Michael.”

Siren

~Sharing our gifts and our talents with the world is the most powerful source of connection with God~

Brene Brown

Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder

Help someone’s soul heal

Rumi

Between the notes, beside the rhythm, within the dance, beyond the moves…we share Michael in every way we can, without seeking anything else. What will come, will come. The point is to do the work. “That desire to do something is God inside, talking through us.” Michelle Shea’s words shed light on our moving beyond the choreography of Michael’s last moments on earth…into the dance of his life. It is the thought patterns we choose, and the persistence we give to affirming them. When confronted with media ignorance and agenda-ridden myth, biopics filled with misinformation and lies, we step back and say…We have been blessed with the truth and we are transformed. With an emotional shift, there is no going back. Throughout time, there have been those who have helped define divinity; Jesus, The Dali Lama, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela. Michael, too, was a chosen one. His balm heals, soothes and helps to mitigate our pains. We are empowered to make decisions that change everything. We do the next right thing. We feel a pathos to understanding.

~I believe in the sun, even when it’s not shining~

~I believe in love when I cannot feel it~

~I believe in God, even when he is silent!

*words written on a wall during the Holocaust

We are reminded…THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT ENDED. IT WASN’T A MEASURE OF THE EXPERIENCE. As the calendar page turns to June, we feel waves of profound sadness, and often find it hard to accept these words. History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. June after June, we suffer through tabloid media and extortionists inviting our anger. We have learned to use anger, acting upon it to point us in a direction worthy of Michael. We are rewarded by our risk taking…empowered to continue to educate the world. Learning from Michael strength and persistence, we refuse to allow our freedom to be sabotaged. Writing is one way to share the truth. Through the lens of Michael, our fight is with a pipeline of ideas, telling his story.

Respecting our biologically programmed need for play, we deal with difficulties. Play provides a sense of expansiveness and promotes mastery of our work…an essential part of the creative process. It is PEOPLE POWER, winning and losing…never a spectator sport. In a time where the ugly stew of racism comes from those in power, where money is its only goal, Michael’s words enlighten our souls, more precious than jewels. We have been told: When in sorrow, the light is closest to us~Hazrat Inayat Khan We know that what has been said is not enough.

Michael Jackson is aesthetically and spiritually significant. We return to his artistry day after day ~ as I have done for eight years since that seminal moment that pushed me into the light~ with a feeling of wonder and excitement. We move from fear to love.

Shmhm~to hear or listen

This ETHOS, this universal current of life, is UTOPIA FOUND. Because we feel deeply, we use what we have learned to express ourselves. Beginning with the moment that made a difference in the trajectories of our lives, we live: There is a legend that says…Once in your lifetime something happens and changes your whole life forever. After this turning point, your life will never be the same. Often, we may feel the weight of subtractive art; thinking about what is this vast universe called Michael Jackson, isolating the essence of what the theme is for today.

“Do not wait for someone else to come and speak for you. It’s you who can change the world.”

Malala Yousfzai

There is a moral DNA that Michael brings out in us all as we march toward ourselves. Our connectedness to God expresses itself with Michael as our Guide. We are held and comforted, even learning to metabolize pain as energy. As Albert Einstein said: In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. With our connection lies our voice.

CRY

You can change the world (I can’t do it by myself)

You can touch the sky (Gonna take somebody’s help)

You’re the chosen one (I’m gonna need some kind of sign)

If we all cry at the same time tonight

Michael Jackson

People need to run with God

People need to dance for God

Turn the music on

Peyton

Age 3

~I promise to use this platform, as we all should. I will use my voice to speak for the voiceless and to fight for the rights that every one of us deserves. Every woman that walks this earth, every mother, every sister, every daughter, and every lover, every member of my fellow LGBTQ community, every immigrant, every child, every animal and every plant. The glamour is awesome, the fashion, everything is cool but, there’s so much more, there are so many important things we need to be using our voices for…and, everybody in this room has the power~

Paris Jackson

LA Fashion Daily LA Awards 2017

Teen Vogue May 2017

Paris Jackson

“I honestly used to have no motivation whatsoever to be in the public eye; it scared me. I’ve seen what it can do to people and plenty get hurt. But after a long time of thinking, I started to really see the kind of impact I already have on people, how I was born with a platform, and I didn’t want to waste it. There are so many people who work their entire lives to create a platform and mine was just handed to me. Why not use it for something important. So many people right now are so focused on what kind of shoes a person has, the designer purse they carry, what car they drive or whether they wear the same outfit more than once. I want to use my platform for something other than that. I want to actually make a difference. So everything that I’m doing, the acting, the modeling…it’s all just to grow my platform so I can use my voice for things that matter.”

Voices in this worldwide choir come from all walks of life, cultures, countries, religions, ages. Voices are heard from Michael’s family and Fan family in crescendoes of melody and harmony. We no longer accept a Utopia Lost. “This is a place you choose to be with me when you thought you could be in another world.” Michael told us Neverland represented the totality of who he was…this Utopia we have been gifted represents our totality. We slow our pace, taking time to live and learn from each moment of the universal current of our lives. And then, we share this ETHOS with the world, for we truly know Michael’s life and legacy matter.

~BE WITH ME AND FEEL THE POWER OF LIFE TOGETHER AS ONE CREATURE HERE ON EARTH~

“The greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it.”

St. Faustina

~They are not your friends until they have defended you in your absence~

The Bully Project

“Thinking is the process of asking and answering questions of yourself. If you want something better in life, a better answer to life…ask better questions.”

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson’s story is meant to be unfinished so that we can keep reaching. It may be an answer to the question: Is it better to journey than to arrive? If service is the rent we pay for living, Michael’s persistent payments command us to find our humanity against all resistance, with due diligence, as we live in what many would say is a culture of fear. Led by someone greater than us, with the capacity to bring love and compassion into our lives, changing mindsets into what is possible, we come together to move barriers into meeting points. Hope is learned. It is a call for a wake up. Joseph Vogel described Michael’s artistry as substantive lyrics becoming so much more in the delivery. It is a rallying cry to action. People care about Michael’s music and dance, seeing Michael inside of it, responding from deep within his body. Social justice problems laid out in verse, solutions found in the choruses…questions asked and then answered by a community of voices, powerful as one. Jeremiad: a lamentation, mournful complaint.

Here to express his inner being with an infinite power of light, Michael was never his own obstacle, never owned by the environment he found himself in, but rather owning the phenomenal world around him…creative in every moment of it. A modern day prophet, a spokesperson predicting what is to come. In our world today, those who seem surprised by the idea of fake news and alternative facts, accepted the code or set of principles that contained different provisions for Michael throughout his lifetime. And, although appalled by current events, remain willing to continue the double standard where Michael Jackson is concerned. A study of Michael’s life reveals the turning point in the decline of ethics and values that once held journalists to a higher standard. The adage ~Nothing loses my interest faster than someone lying to me~ has caught up with a media that now seeks to regain its credibility. They seek the connection which is an energy between people. Respect is earned, not given. After decades of losing all respect…a comeback to a principled press is unlikely. ~The arc of the moral universe is long and bends toward justice~

~Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning I give it~

Michael Jackson

We who PAY MICHAEL FORWARD have learned that the quicker fake news is refuted, the quicker it dies. Michael has taught us that we are all the right person, at the right time, for the right issue…the time is always NOW, allowing no roadblocks built out of media myth to get in the way, never looking for a safe option.

“He is the strongest person I know, and he tried to do everything with as much love and kindness as possible. All my inspiration, I would say 99%of my inspiration comes from him, because he has always been my world. He is my roots.”

Paris Jackson

Nobody knew his secret ambition

Nobody knew his claim to fame

He broke the old rules steeped in tradition

He tore the holy veil away

Questioning those in powerful positions

Running to those who called his name

But nobody knew his secret ambition

Was to give his life away

M.W. Smith

Secret Ambition

~Even if no one recognizes you…I do, because you are my life and my soul~ Rumi

Vital voices come together each day with the mantra: I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. (Women’s Movement 2017) No longer will we accept the media mantra: We are about conclusions in search of evidence. We stand with Malala Yousafzai when she says: Do not wait for someone else to come and speak for you. It’s you who can change the world.

~Those who live passionately teach us how to love~

~Those who love passionately teach us how to live~

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Michael has shown us over and over again that we were not born for ourselves. Connection affects the way our brain develops and performs. We are part of something bigger. Michael’s storytelling gave definition to how we all live. Resisting captivity, we seek a better world. As within, so without. A superficial look at Michael Jackson might provide the Epithet KING OF POP. And, although that is true, it is only the beginning. Looking deeper, the definition expands to take in a universe of meanings. A title is earned…a name is given.

“And the end of all of our exploring will be to return to the place where we began, and know it for the first time.”

T.S. Eliot

We revisit Michael’s artistry to renew our strength, to empower our hopefulness, to refocus on what is vital. With each visit, we find added layers that ignite a richer experience. Our connection to Michael and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. From Michael’s Scared of the Moon, we understand that sharing stories and experiences improves our physical and mental health. (Professor James Pennebaker University of Texas) In turning human struggles into great art, Michael defined Carl Jung’s words when he said: I am not what has happened to me. I am what I choose to become. Owning our stories allows us to write the endings. Disconnection doesn’t protect the human spirit. Not only was Michael capable of being wounded, his vulnerability has been a birthplace of love and belonging, joy and courage. We have learned to join hands, pulling together for the greater good. Unlike those who spew unclaimed rumor…we believe…If you are not comfortable owning it, don’t say it. From the greatest dreamer we have ever known…we have learned how to dream. For if it ends now, it is just a frozen dream. (E.J.Walker) We will never allow that to happen.

Michael has told us…I can’t do this by myself…gonna take somebody’s help. Rising collectively, in the company of Kindred Hearts, with a sense of great privilege and humility, honored beyond words, we continue an unfinished story. Our hope is that our best work has not yet been realized.

~LET US DREAM OF TOMORROW WHERE WE CAN TRULY LOVE FROM THE SOUL, AND KNOW LOVE AS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH AT THE HEART OF ALL CREATION!

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while DARING GREATLY, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Citizenship in a Republic

Dum Spiro Spero

Whilst I breath, I hope

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.”

Michelangelo

In our thirst for justice, an energy evolves that moves from lack to principled abundance. Adversity has called us into action with a kind of journalism of indignation. And, although the term fake news has recently been coined, we fans are more than familiar with its original prototype. The crucifixion of Michael Jackson is a blueprint in the hands of a fractured media, lies told in fast succession. Michael lived out decades speaking truth to power. Our creative call puts that history in motion, our lodestar leading the way. We find ourselves in a journey of call and response as we move from a collective fear to collective ecstasy. With a constellation of choices in front of us, chaos clears as the strands of confusion unravel. Rumi’s meaning made clear: “In the core of my heart, my love for you knows no limits.” Michael spent his life giving people what they needed, knowing full well every individual would thrive. Empowered, we do both heart work and head work. Applying large and small brushstrokes, this art will never be completed unless and until an entire world basks in the glow of the truth…recalling the words Michael spoke: “Not only am I presumed innocent, I am innocent! And I know the truth will be my salvation.”

Michael Jackson understood the power of connection, never taking the path of least resistance. “Courage has a ripple effect. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver.” (Brene Brown)

~When you perform, you are out of yourself, larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are, for minutes, heroic. This is power. This is glory on earth…and, it is yours nightly~

Agnes DeMille

Michael moved far beyond nightly potency and power, reaching beyond the moment and into the forever. He has left us the perpetual flame of a leading man. The universe is not short of wake-up calls. With each, we find a language of love and a clarity of meaning as we forge our own blueprints. With each awakening, we are carried home to who we really are, as each experience continues to shape our lives. “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” Nelson Mandela

With the transformative power of storytelling, we feel hope through struggle. Sometimes uncomfortable, often unpredictable, we know we will never thrive keeping our heads down and our mouths shut. There is a powerful language in this collective energy as inner beauties are revealed. We are here. We have arrived. We thrive on creativity and learning. We educate…pledging and repledging our futures together. We have learned from Michael peace through strength.

Michael’s artistry and legacy hold a contemporary relevance. He has shown us what it looks like to turn toward rather than away from one another. We have learned to channel collective energy and send it back out into the world using the voice of an ethical pop artist.

~Some people come into our lives quickly and go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to a new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the shy more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same~

Unknown

Imprinted on our lives is the idea that we are not born for ourselves. Michael moments resonate in our memory and fuel our steps forward with a good that blesses us as we find out how high we can fly.

“Michael Jackson added one more important component: the spiritual message. Such absolute belief in the power of art to change the consciousness. This complete devotion to the execution of his art works miracles with thousands of people.”

MJBeats

~Be humble, believe in yourself and have the love of the world in your heart~

Michael Jackson

“Michael Jackson understood that to be a real humanitarian was not only in signing checks and performing in charity concerts. For him, it was a full-time job that needed a closer, more intimate and personal scale. The scale of the generosity of Michael has not been seen before in celebrity circles. He was a deeply committed humanitarian who fought to combat youth violence, child abuse, juvenile diabetes, poverty, with all of his heart and soul.”

MJBeats

~Turn him into stars and form a constellation in his image. His face will make the heavens so beautiful that the world will fall in love with the night and forget about the garish sun~

Shakespeare

We will never leave the one who touches our soul more than our bodies. We feel the warmth of his perpetual flame in our hearts knowing that “a star can never die. It just turns into a smile and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance of life.” We have seen his face covered with sweat and the blood of seeking perfection, raising the bar, never settling, and we know it was all for us. We love because he first loved us.

To give someone a piece of your heart is worth more than all the wealth in the world…Michael Jackson

~Your voice is my favorite sound~

~And your name is my favorite noun~

Siren

I’m still here

Just because you cannot see me does not mean I am not here

Just because I’m in Heaven does not mean I do not care

I often see you crying, you often say my name

I want to hold you tight, I want to ease your pain

If you knew the truth, how much better you would feel

One day, we will meet again, but only when the time is right

When you step out of the darkness

I will be standing in the light

Sieba Sugul

“Prince and Paris affixed their father’s crown atop the stargazer lilies. And as the rubies, emeralds, and sapphires caught the moonlight that danced across the night’s sky, we beheld not a funeral, but a coronation.”

Michael Bush

THE KING OF STYLE…Dressing Michael Jackson

It takes a long time to reach God’s intention, his divine order supplying our light. This special province where all prevails in seeking Michael, reveals a dream catcher in motion. It is a refuge which embraces our journey from innocence to experience, stopping not at experience, but instead gently eases us back to our childlike innocence. Michael teaches the meaning of fugue: one, two, three themes, several voices or parts coming together in complex form, marked with climax. In this sanctuary we live the mantra: Tomorrow starts today.

“As I desire to do only that which is good and constructive, life-giving and life-expressing, the Divine Abundance forever manifests in my endeavors. Therefore, I know that I shall prosper in everything I do. I know that I exist in limitless possibility, and that the infinite Good is right where I am and active in my experience.”

Ernest Holmes

In our efforts to PAY MICHAEL FORWARD as a means of educating the world, we hold to Sanaya Roman’s thought: “Your words create what you speak about. Learn to speak positively.” Michael gets us in motion to heal ourselves, and then move into a world that seeks that healing. With our attention comes our creative energy. “Positive attention brings positive results.” Lao Tzu “It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature, and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the secret.”

“One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.”

Michael Jackson

MLK

Without connection, the world is dangerously wrong. In Michael, our eyes awaken to really see. His power to affect people spiritually cannot be denied nor replicated. The universe doesn’t spin on suffering but rests on JOY. I’m telling you to open your minds…Gotta put your heart on the line. Michael Jackson incarnated wisdom, passion and love. “The purest, most giving love I’ve ever known.” Elizabeth Taylor Bringing us together for a purpose, Michael championed causes on behalf of those who suffered, on behalf of children, on behalf of the planet. He holds us fast. He invested in us…this medley of people morphed into one.

“I look at things and try to imagine what is possible and then, hope to surpass those boundaries.”

Michael Jackson

~It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation~

Michael

As we stop to remember the past we are empowered by its teachings. UNDERSTAND. EDUCATE. TRANSFORMATION.

“The influence of the life and music of the American Singer Michael Jackson 1958-2009 The British Council Most Significant Moments in the past 80 years. A panel of 25 eminent scientists, technologists, academics, artists, writers, broadcasters and world leaders and 10,000 voters from around the world.”

~In a world of trends, he’ll remain a timeless classic~

Invincible Moonwalkers United

“We are only as blind as we want to be.”

Maya Angelou

“This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.”

Leonard Bernstein

~The earth has music for those who listen~

William Shakespeare

“I don’t think there’s anything I had to teach them (Michael’s children) because my uncle taught them everything they need to know. All the important things…their core ethics and values are so strong. And, there’s moments where I just hear my uncle’s voice come out of them because of their love for people and their innocence. I just try to make sure they know their father was one of the greatest, greatest fathers. That’s why it’s tough for me because he never got to finish his job as a parent.”

T.J. Jackson

“To all those who judged a man without knowing anything about him, you now have a second chance to finally understand who Michael Jackson was. His son is showing you what Michael Jackson’s heart was like.”

Laura Messina

Truth4MJ

“Basically, when we were growing up, my dad was always talking about and showing us what he was doing to help the kids and help the world. He taught me what it is to be a man. He showed me what it is to be a father. Giving back is something my dad did and he instilled in me and my siblings to keep doing it. I think it’s just the way I was raised…honestly.”

“A Christmas Memory with Dad: I don’t know if he bought all the toys, but there were a lot of toys. He brought them in 2 sleighs. And when he walked in all the kids…the whole room lit up. And everybody was happy. There was music, he was taking pictures and telling jokes to the kids. We were there a long time.”

“Our generation focusses on trivial things, like who’s wearing what, who does what, who goes on vacation and where. There are real problems in the world that can be helped, not by powerful people, but by ordinary people who arrive to devote their time. I’ve got a great sense of loyalty and dedication to my family. They inspire me and I hope that I inspire them.”

Prince Jackson

December 2016

“Unlike anyone in human history, way more than any president of modern times or emperor of the ancient age…it was Michael Jackson who was recognized by people all across the globe.”

Sasvat Pattanayak

New York Based Media Research Scholar

The Biggest Global Megastar That Ever Lived

“Let’s be grateful to God that he sent us such an angel to live amongst us for awhile and let us not be indifferent to the wrongs we see around us. If Michael ever wanted us to do one thing that would make him happy as he looks down over us today, it would be not to turn away from the victims of oppression and aggression. And, if in doubt about ever knowing what or how to act, just think: WHAT WOULD MICHAEL DO?”

Dr. Patrick Treacy

“Dear Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Prime Minister…These children are as dear to me as are all the children of the world. Today, I’ve had a opportunity to see the face of transformation and civilization. A moment like this means healing the world. We must heal the world and ourselves. We have to weave our life like a web, because we are part of this web. Out of negligence, we have contaminated and polluted our planet. In exchange, we have hurt ourselves. In the life song of the ages is the dance of our blood. The environment is an extension of our body and it gives the pulse of love and is the orchestra of the universe’s symphony. It is music’s territory and enables us to rediscover our souls. Let’s rejoice together in love today with unity and conciliation. Let’s heal everybody and thus heal ourselves. Let us make a covenant with life and let us celebrate with joy a new world…healed. Thank you, especially to all the children of the world. I love you all.”

Michael Jackson

Bucharest, Romania

September 1992

with Prime Minister Theodor Stolojan

As we take our lives in our hands, we become what we envisage. With open minds we enter the realm…feel the sanctuary…join Michael’s fugue.

Sending my love to you all for a very HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON and a 2017 filled with miracles.

“The holy spirit is our harpist and all strings which are touched by love must sound.”

Mechtild of Magdeburg

“Some people are so deep you fall into them and you never stop falling.”

Ava

~If you have been in the vicinity of the sacred, ever brushed against the holy, you retain it more in your bones than in your head. And if you haven’t, no description of the experience will ever be satisfactory~

Daniel Taylor

“Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means you stand alone. Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes. Never regret doing the right thing no matter what the cost may be. Don’t shrink away from standing and speaking or doing for fear of the repercussions or personal price. It takes a strong person to turn the other cheek, to not look the other way, to not just simply walk away.”

Michael Jackson

To truly see takes time. To listen and follow intuition gives birth to becoming a creative channel for a higher power. Wonder is the spiritual touchstone. For each of us has found our hearts’ center. We have become dreamers in concert with one another, really hearing an insistent voice within. Our strength is in unity, our words empower. We begin to resemble the people Michael envisaged. The story continues to be told everyday, with a love that grows and grows. Michael’s dreams were never small, his creations grew out of love, and sometimes forged out of struggle and conflict, always a triumph of imagination over technique. Once a dream was realized, he moved on to another dream, taking what was in the past and using it for the future.

The bravest are the tenderest

The loving are the daring

Baruch Spinoza

Michael Jackson found hope in the impossible, dreams incubated by his faith. His art claimed our world, rebellious and triumphant. Without Michael supplying light, we may not have seen dangers many wished to ignore. With our voltage turned up, we go into action…a collective energy far greater than one standing alone.

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”

Albert Einstein

~We all have to give and we all have to do what we can to help end the needless suffering in the world~

Michael Jackson

Driven by love and emotion done instinctively, Michael speaks to us. The complexity and layers are there for those who want it…the experience there to enjoy. Given to time, with epiphanies along the way, each individual perception makes it all special in its reality.

~He was poetry in a world that was just learning the alphabet~

Siren

“There is no greater bliss then dancing and performing. It is like a celebration and when you are caught up in that place, where certain performers go, when you become one with the music, one with the audience, if you are on that level, it is like being in a trance, it just takes you over. You start to play off each other and start to know where you are going before you get there. They have to know where you are taking it and respond. It’s like playing Ping-Pong. It is like when the birds migrate, they know where they’re going. Or like fish…they are telepathic. They are on the same line. That’s what happens when you perform. You are at one with the musicians and the dance and the music and you are in this trance…and man, you got ’em. They are in the palm of your hand. It’s unbelievable. You feel you are transformed. It is divine. It is pure. It’s a revelation without making it sound spiritual or religious, but it is divine energy. Some people call it spirit, like when the spirit comes into the room. Some people look down on it. Religions sometimes look down on it because they try to say it’s demonic, it’s the cult, it’s the devil. It isn’t. It is God-like. It is pure God-like energy. You feel God’s light.”

Michael Jackson

~Touch my head for your touch removes the darkness of the body~

Rumi

Michael Jackson was a genius artist whose creations are a continuous thread of revelation, offering vistas that excite. His music gives more with each listen to hungry cultures of all races of people. He teaches us that creation is accomplished by the play instinct, a creative power that makes us indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money. His limitless creativity brings with it spiritual gifts. He shows us that being ourselves opens channels of thought. He brings to life Ingrid Bengis’ philosophy: Words are a form of action capable of influencing change. We are learning from moment to moment in an ebb and flow of recovery. Love needs expression and so we write, paint, sing, dance…and, seek ways to do what we can to make our world better.

“There is no doubt my son accomplished great things in his life, yet he always strived for more. He was ambitious. HE WAS A DREAMER.”

NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE

Katherine Jackson

And so, we turn away from cynicism, those who strive to create fear using bigotry, racism, prejudice and hate as a method of separation. We turn away from those who paint global warming as fiction. Instead we say: It is possible for transparency and magic to live together in harmony. “Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity. It is through compassion that a person achieves the highest peak and the deepest reach in his or her search for self-fulfillment.” Arthur Jersild speaks to the Michael Jackson Artistic and Humanitarian Legacy. Project Happiness describes it with these few words: May humanity be our race. May love be our religion. We have chosen to dream with the world’s most imaginative dreamer. We are in the vicinity of the sacred, our strings touched by love with a depth that holds onto our souls. Michael inspires us…an evoker of wonder. Within his dreams lies our opportunities. Our passion focusses our will.

“Art is divine. To create is to experience God. The higher our refinement of this art through devotion and absorption, the greater the connection with God becomes. Michael knew that if he could inspire us to create, we would find God, even if we didn’t know what it was we had found. To touch God is enough…even once. But touch it once, and light shoots forth from the stillness. This one touch lights our souls on fire and the journey has then begun. Like a Pied Piper, Michael called us to follow him as he led us to God, first through experiencing his art and next by encouraging us to discover our own. This is why he was willing to die for it…THE DIVINE SACRIFICE.”

Siren

We are forever talked to and embraced by Michael. Each day we say…STIR US UP. CALL US BACK. LET US LOVE.

“Whatever you thought about Michael Jackson is correct because, it is more about WHO YOU ARE BEING than it is about Michael Jackson. He wasn’t just the man in the mirror…HE WAS THE MIRROR.”

Barbara Kaufmann

“We have to protect his legacy because all the good he did for others will vanish behind lies and corruption. They will slander his name for centuries to come if we don’t protect him. Michael was an extremely Godly man, and it is known that he has many of the qualities of Jesus Christ.

Catherine M. Gross

“The words of his 1991 hit song Heal the World continue to echo from his grave. It is my wish that history will record our time in this hall as one that gave reality to Michael Jackson’s song…Heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race.”

Ghana President John Mahama

The United Nations General Assembly

September 21, 2016

“The more Michael Jackson was attacked by the tabloid press, the more dedicated became his fan community…loyalty to the singer in the face of adversity has become his own badge of honor.”

Tanner Colby

~IT IS HARD TO LET HIM GO. WE ARE ATTRACTED TO HIM FOREVER BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH HIM THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE POWER OF LOVE~

B. Higgins

“If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it’d make the world a better place.”

Tracy Morgan

~Jermaine wept as he recounted the nervous moments before the King of Pop learned his fate. Sister Rebbie said that Michael read a few scriptures, stomping his leg into the car, saying

WHY?

Minutes before the verdict June 2005

Adrian Grant

We find ourselves today in a world that often seems to spin somewhere between evil and crazy, and maybe beyond. It’s because often, proof isn’t good enough…changing the old adage…all is fair in love and, if you can get away with it. Why? Daily, we see an epic failure of the media when a lie is not called a lie…and, liars simply stretch the truth. Why?

Maya Angelou said: When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

“When we were in Philadelphia, we went to visit a house intended for disabled children. There was a boy who had no legs or arms. Michael curiously asked the director what would this boy most desire? She said: You will find it very interesting. He would like to have a motorcycle…but, he has no arms or legs. Michael was silent and then smiled. Upon leaving, he got in touch with his lawyer, ordered a special motorcycle adapted for the boy, and also provided that prosthetic arms and legs be fixed to the boy. He also paid for a professional to train the boy to ride the motorcycle.”

Chef Rona Remy Michael’s Former Chef

“Regardless of any and all allegations proposed against Michael Jackson, it cannot be disputed that he worked hard to improve the world he saw so many problems with. Unlike many of us, wishing things were better wasn’t enough. Michael saw the world not just for what it was, but for what it could be, and because of this, he spent his entire life using his gifts and skills to change the world. Michael is a testament to the amount of difference a man can make when he truly dedicates himself.”

~taken from

PEOPLE WORTH KNOWING SERIES…featuring people in history that have had a great impact and changed the course of history

Michael spent little time allowing despair to get in the way of his dreams. He had the ability to distinguish between bad luck and new beginnings…first the gesture, then the grace. He saw the gifts behind problems and fears and learned from them, being the savvy innocent he was. His days were filled with a powerful desire to affect change. Those of us who have studied his words, lyrics, speeches, stories and choices, feel a closeness to him…closer in the destinies we have chosen than we are with many friends we know personally. Divination is the means by which you engage in dialogue with the divine. In an ancient form of prayer, Michael offers us divine guidance. And although we often feel the hard knocks of adversity, we hold on to Michael’s soft touches. Being joyful is within our grasp. We listen for the holy whispers of all things possible, appealing to our better angels. In falling in love with Michael Jackson, we have a better understanding of our soul intensity.

We’re taking over

We have the truth

This is our mission

To see it through

We have learned that love needs expression for the story to be told every day, and the love to grow. At the recent opening of the African-American Museum in Washington, D.C. we learned: MEMORIALS FORGIVE BUT NEVER FORGET. Everything Michael did had a purpose. Why are we here? What is our purpose? Where is our strength? When things get chaotic and life seems to be spinning out of control, we turn to our True North, seeking to escape, finding answers to our questions. Michael answers every WHY. And, even when HE ASKED WHY…he followed that question with a path.

“When a Black voice is raised in protest to oppression, those who are comfortable with our oppression are the first to criticize us for daring to speak out against it.

Harry Belafonte

In studying Michael Jackson, we discover who we are. And, we realize that his history must not be allowed to vanish under the force of myth and lies.

“Michael Jackson didn’t just grab the gold ring. He hooked it to a new bar and set it even higher. And nobody has yet snatched it with quite the same flair or results.”

Rolling Stone

“The point about Michael Jackson is not that he is odd, but that the man is a genius. As a dancer, he ranks well up there with Fred Astaire and Rudolf Nureyev. As a singer, he has been dazzlingly brilliant since he first cleared his throat on stage when he was eight. To put it at its clearest, Michael Jackson is an extremely important figure in the history of popular culture.”

Tom Utley British Journalist

WHY? “If there were none who were discontented with what is, the world would never reach for anything better.” (Taken from Florence Nightingale) We stand fast in educating the world. We stand fast in making sure that myth and lies never erase Michael Jackson’s legacy. With Michael Jackson there is never too much of a good thing. WHY? Because we are here to celebrate passion and inspiration and a fulfilled vision of what the world can become.

~To love in spite of all is the secret to greatness…and may very well be the greatest secret in the universe~

L. Ron Hubbard

“I love to look at the world and know that everything is a gift to us from Him, everything beautiful and terrible an opportunity to elevate, to become LOVE for HIM.”

Siren

“I’ll never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to. He said continue to love. Always love.”

Michael Jackson

Between the dreaming and the coming true, we realize the love that has found us, catching us when we stumble, showing us something good on a dark day. Every moment offers a second chance. With Michael we have a healing balm, a sacred partnership. The more truth we tell, the more possibilities for truth to happen, for we know that changing beliefs leads to changed behavior, ultimately changing the choices we make. The past and future meet in how we remember, what we remember, and why we remember, forming a personal map of our individuality. Although each of us has a different character story, we truly understand the concept that good things are meant to be shared. Eileen Mayhew reminds us that tears water our soul, and we have cried an ocean of them with a loss that has shaped our futures. This is a story worth telling, a story that strikes most nearly to the heart. (Caitlin Matthews)

~Loss creates desire and it’s only desire to live and love again that heals loss~

Sarah Ban Breathnach

And so, we take from Michael’s words: I thank my fans around the world. I love you. I couldn’t be ME without YOU. With the energy of a pulsing love that does not stop, we are guided toward who we are and what we can become. One wonderful revelation leads to another.

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices, and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.”

Albert Einstein

Michael’s artistry, his character in the face of great opposition, his unyielding choices build a picture of his day to day life, and sear into our souls the epic life we will never forget. Two thoughts emerge: You can tell a lot about a person by who they admire. Is this who we want to be? Although life often feels like wandering through treacle…we know without a doubt: Michael Jackson’s life and artistry are a clear blueprint for the world we desire. “A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena.” Nelson Mandela Michael spent his life speaking for cause. His messages touched on humanities’ struggles, delivering UNITY, SENSITIVITY, EMPATHY, WISDOM, TRUTH, LIGHT, LOVE, AND TRANSFORMATION (In the Arms of the Beloved). This is not a spectator sport. We join Michael in the arena.

~Michael is synonymous with sharing, empathy and respect. The nature of the essence of Michael Jackson is of cooperation, of union and love, not prejudice, attacks, preconceptions, competition, egotism, and vanity~

Liz Johnson

“He was a man who gave his whole soul into the world. When can you write about a man who offered total and unconditional love and contribution to the happiness of millions of people around the world. Through his music, not to mention the many who he visited, sick children in hospitals in many countries around the world. Who gave generously and sincerely…gifts, tickets to his show, and lifted spirits to help them improve. I am the mother of one of those children. My son and I had the opportunity to meet Michael in the children’s hospital in Sydney on November 18, 1987. I won’t forget that day as long as I live. When Michael arrived at the hospital with an abundance of toy animals that he generously offered all the children in the room…he went from room to room and personally visited every child…softly saying words of comfort. I’ll never forget the joy of those children, and the medical staff and parents visiting the children that day. Michael, I know you’re with angels. God bless your soul. You will live in our hearts forever. Thank you for the music.”

Natasha Lang

Ours is a celebration of life. Each day, we forward Michael’s life and legacy in an array of creativity, diverse and powerful. ~In a world arena, we educate~ It is with a love that wakes us to the wonderment in the world. And, on June 25th and August 29th…we pause awhile to simply join hands and sing.

~from Dr. Hubert Eaton 1915~

~FOREST LAWN~

~I believe in a happy eternal life.

~I therefore know the cemeteries of today are wrong because they depict an end rather than a beginning.

~I shall endeavor to build Forest Lawn as different, as unlike other cemeteries, as sunshine is unlike darkness, as eternal life is unlike death.

~Forest Lawn shall become a place where lovers, new and old, shall love to stroll and watch the sunset’s glow, planning for the future or reminiscing of the past; a place where artists study and sketch; where school teachers bring happy children to see the things they read of in books.

“My 4-year-old girl woke me up at 3 this morning, came into my room and said she couldn’t sleep. I asked her why, and as I tucked her back in bed she said, ‘I can’t sleep because I’m sad. I’m sad because Michael’s in heaven. I wish Michael was back in this world.” It took every ounce of strength to finish tucking her in without breaking into tears as I whispered to her, she fell asleep…’So do I, Baby Girl, every moment of every day.'”

Dreams-LoveForMichael

~He was known as the King, but he reminded me of the Little Prince. What moves me so deeply about this sleeping prince is his loyalty to a flower, the image of a rose shining within him like a flame within a lamp, even when he’s asleep…And I realized he was even more fragile than I had thought. Lamps must be protected. A gust of wind can blow them out. Michael’s sensitivity was even more extraordinary than his talent. And his true truth resided in his heart. As the Little Prince also said: ‘Eyes are blind. You have to look with your heart. What’s most important is invisible.’ Michael saw everything with his heart~

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

David Brinkley

“The American Dream is something no wall can contain.”

President Barack Obama

“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”

John Keats

~Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside~ Coco Chanel

“It is clear that Michael Jackson was more than a pop star! More than a singer! More than a dancer! More than an entertainer! He was clearly the voice of the people! The voice of the disadvantaged! The voice of the oppressed! He was the message carrier of our time!

MJVibe

Michael Jackson spent his entire life in the arena, never choosing the sidelines, living under a microscope…in plain sight of this vast and complicated world. He accepted Emily Dickenson’s words when she said: ~If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain~ Instinctively he knew that in order to have faith you must become as little children. With openness and curiosity, he squandered himself for a single purpose: To show the world how to love. Happiness is impossible to achieve without action…what we can be, we must be. And so, we do what we must with full knowledge that condemnation is the critic’s stock and trade. We look not to be ruled but rather…inspired. Swimming frantically when days feel as if we are drowning with struggles, feeling our lifeboat sinking, we open our eyes and see Michael for the “first” time. His oceans of words and deeds provide oxygen, and we breathe again as we rise to the water’s surface…saved once more! Faced with the myriad of life challenges, we take each problem, work it and then move on to the next…the spine of our stories is MICHAEL. His perspectives strengthen our dreams, comfort and soothe, and we move forward. For all who have been gifted this book of knowledge have discovered that Michael Jackson empowers our imaginative flight, our creative endurance, as we become seekers of a better world. “The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonderment in the world.” Michael Jackson understood G.K. Chesterton’s words completely. He leads with the power of example, his interpretations reflecting back on his inner soul.

“Energy like you has no beginning and no end. It can never be destroyed. It is only ever shifting states.”

Panache Desai

Michael’s music provides the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. (Ludwig van Beethoven) And, truly is the blueprint spoken by Maya Angelou when she said: Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” Profoundly therapeutic in design, powerfully driven to activism in scope, we learn from the master our humanity. We endure, overcome, move forward…only as good as our vision of the world. Michael was born believing, with an enthusiasm that allowed him to do great things, to inspire this creative partnership. As if like little bees, we carry the pollen, inextricably bonded to one another by the Creator.

“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”

“The more I watched him, the more I loved him. It was like a magnet attracting the public wherever he went. It was incredible. No one on earth can compare to his beauty inside and out. I met so many stars, talked to them all. I’ve worked with them, but no one was ever near the charisma of Michael Jackson.”

Ruska Bergman

“Michael Jackson lived under the glare of constant publicity and press intrusion for so many years, and yet, despite every single moment of his existence being scrutinized and examined by fans and critics alike, there has been no one who has ever been able to offer a shred of conclusive evidence that this much loved man, and most successful musical performer in history, ever did any harm to anyone.”

Gazette

“If there’s one thing I have learned, it is there is genius in everything Michael Jackson did…his music, his dance, his performance, his vision, his words, his lyrics, his style. The amazing thing was that with all he was, he was able to be a REAL person, who loved to be with people…working, having fun together, reaching out and rescuing the needy, being a father, son, brother, friend. It is impossible not to love Michael Jackson at any age.”

Frank Dileo

~THE MOST PURE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TORN DOWN~

Paris Jackson

“When angels appear amongst us, we are compelled to crucify them. Without the energy of his spirit, it could not be possible that every human being on this planet knew his music, his dance. It did not matter that you were in inner Mongolia, or a potential suicide bomber in the Gaza Strip, or an Israeli soldier, or a kid from the most remote rural India. Everyone knew Michael. Everyone knew his songs. Everyone knew his dance. The few times I met Michael through my friend Deepak Chopra, (they were good friends), I met an extremely humble man. One who made me feel like he was MY fan, rather than the other way round. He reminded me of a few others I have met, whose spirits were obviously uncomfortable with the limitations of their bodies, their spirits were dying to soar…and be universal. Heath Ledger, Nusrat Fateh, Ali Kan were like that. Spirits not wanting to be limited by their bodies. All died young. Like angels. And, what is it with us that we cannot handle strong spirits? Do we have to crucify them? It was the agony that Michael Jackson had to endure in the last years…accused of crimes against children based not on proof, but flawed accusations. When angels are among us, we are compelled to crucify them.”

Shekhar Kapur

“The real Michael Jackson…most people see Michael Jackson as the King of Pop. However, he was much more than that. Those who were able to see beyond the music and the dance, beyond the lies propagated by the media, and the slander handed down by the detractors and hunters of gold, were blessed to meet the real Michael Jackson. And, as they did, THEIR LIVES WERE CHANGED FOREVER. They realized that he was a prophet-poet of the modern era, whose whole life was dedicated to help and heal the world, inspiring and uniting people, and bringing their consciences, with the extraordinary art and philanthropy, and the life. With his beautiful heart, compassionate and courageous, he represented everything that was good in a world gone wrong. He was a messenger of love, of hope and peace in a world filled with hate, despair and violence. He was a spiritual guide whose wisdom has awakened, and continues to attract many around the world. He was the epitome of artistic perfection and also an inspiring example of how we as human beings should be. With his remarkable faith, strength and integrity, he taught us to keep being the light, despite the darkness around, to maintain the highest ideals, and to never give up. In spite of their hearts and minds feeling broken by his loss, are these Fans who now follow in his mission to heal the world for us, and for future generations.”

Ankita Srivastava

Indian actress an model

Michael often said that it was his fans who made him. More than any other artist, Michael was devoted to the millions of people who recognized the meaning of his life: ONE CHOSEN TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO LOVE. And, just like Michael, we fans will never be deterred! (MJ4EVER) We keep educating. That is how it works. With each challenge, the wisdom of his guidance becomes clear to us in increments… the currents of life…Michael always in plain sight.

~One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is LOVE~

Sophocles

“They scream, they cry, they love, they support, they defend, they listen. My fans are everything.”

Michael Jackson

“Michael Jackson’s passing was a stimulus for many people: inspiration, motivation, dynamism, commitment, vows, direction, achievements, new perspectives, spiritual awakenings. People all over the planet began to do things to mark his passing, tributes to remember Michael. Many among them are artists. Some people found that they were wasting their lives, some were wasting their talent, some were in a way that did not suit them. Many remembered the words of Michael about working hard on your passion and not giving up. He inspired an entire generation of the young, and crossed over to other generations. No child should grow up without Michael Magic.”

Reverend B. Kaufmann Writer and Educator

~If true love is what you really feel~

~It can erase a world of sorrow~

~You will find the love that you really need~

~And create a great tomorrow~

~IF YOU ONLY BELIEVE~

Michael Jackson

While shape-shifting, we find ourselves mapping our heart territory with revelations that expand our understanding of the realm of possibility. LISTEN! LOOK! REALLY SEE! REALLY HEAR! Our truest current form holds tightly to the deepest part of ourselves. We are strengthened, clarifying who we really are with personal journeys that mark us. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men. We have arrived at our creativecollaborations. One man, whose historical weight and beauty affects the many, defines for us the quality of our lives. “Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: Where there is compassion, even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.” Eric Hoffer’s words ring amazingly true in the continued culture of opportunists piggybacking upon one another with the sensational story. Michael Jackson remains the most famous person on the planet. Paradoxically, that translates into making art or making trouble. In more ignorant quarters, the crazy-makers continue their war with words and misinformation. Sensational headlines strike at Michael’s life, legacy, and his children. What they fail to comprehend is that WE COLLABORATORS speak for Michael Jackson. And, we are here right up until the time the truth is known to all. Michael’s incandescence fuels our creative flight in as many ways as there is art to communicate with the world. Fans seek to reveal Michael’s truths, his artistry, his legacy by taking action in diverse ways, understanding that creativity brings solutions to problems.

“You all know that nobody ever gave on stage like Michael Jackson. But, Michael was also a true humanitarian who gave just as much off stage as he did on stage. Michael and his family came from humble roots and Michael always cared very deeply for those in need. And, beyond all his records that he set as a recording artist, Michael even made the Guinness Book of World Records for the most charities supported by a pop star. Because he gave so much for so many of us, for so long, Michael Jackson will be with us forever.”

Kobe Bryant

~In Mahayana Buddhism, there is an enlightened existence known as ‘bodhisattva’ who decides to postpone nirvana in order to alleviate the suffering of others~

~Character is defined in action~

~Character is defined in honesty~

~Charity is giving expecting nothing in return~

~a teacher strengthens and clarifies who we are~

~MICHAEL’S ART COMMUNICATES TO THE WORLD~

Together, we collaborators, sing and dance, we paint and write, we gather and organize. We display beautiful flowers and artwork, we research and educate, we give interviews, share stories, work tirelessly to continue Michael’s message to heal the world, rescue the children, save the planet. Michael believed in us before we believed in ourselves. He built and paid for his legacy with his blood, sweat and God-given talents. He never gave up on us. His words soothe, excite, define, challenge, teach, inspire, nurture, heal, rescue…always giving hope, with a sense of acute sensitivity, he gave unconditional love.

“We were a constant reminder of how he transforms lives, moving people, through his music, to live in the spirit of love and peace and tolerance, and to embrace his message to heal the world.”

Talitha Flutterby

Dear Friends,

All over the US, Europe and East, in the last few months, I had the real thrill of seeing many of your smiling faces in the audiences at my concerts. As you know, I haven’t been on tour for some time, so it’s really wonderful to come back and be thrilled with your support and friendship. I feel tremendous waves of love coming out of the audience as soon as I get on stage. And, I’m still feeling it after the last notes of the band. Thank you for being such great and loyal fans. It means so much to me…more than you ever will know. I wish you all peace and happiness in the coming year. I love you.

Michael Jackson

All we have learned ends up defining the quality of our lives. One man can have an effect on so many. We are spiritually and creatively connected, our service defined by Michael’s language of love…always asking: What has been done? What is left to do? It is a world of action. “Where there is great love there are always miracles.” What Willa Cather says is revealed. Each day, the number of collaborators grows as many more speak out. The tapestry of creativity is woven with color and texture in a collective group energy. Adversity has not only been an education, but has also deepened our heart and art, creating empathy and compassion for the adversity of others. Nothing separated Michael from his creations. Channeling brought him closer to intimacy. His gentleness connects all people.

“The foundation of his being was an extraordinary God-given musical talent…let’s call it the genius that it was.”

New York Public Library

“He’s a great artist. He really brought dance and staging into the pop world through his videos and concerts. No one before him had done anything like that. He was ahead of his time with everything he did.”

Andrew Lloyd Webber

“This may sound strange, but people feel the energy coming from him, almost as if he was endowed with superhuman powers. People usually are in a state of shock when they find it, you can’t even talk. Actually, Michael casts a magic spell.”

Cynthia Horner Right On! Magazine

“Michael has a special relationship with his fans based on mutual love and understanding. He expressed this to us collectively by dedicating so much to his fans, and individually showering those of us fortunate to meet him with attention and love. No matter where he went or what he was doing, he would take time to stop and talk to us, accept gifts and letters for which he was always so grateful…and, do anything he could to make us feel special and loved. Michael couldn’t say NO. That’s why I, like many of my friends, never asked him for anything. When he did sweet things for us, it meant so much more. And, he did so much…inviting us to accompany him on shopping trips, in limousine rides, and to theme parks, writing us sweet little notes and letters, giving us hugs and making us feel special. He made our dreams come true again and again and again.“

Talitha Flutterby

“He was simple, kind and genuine. Michael Jackson was a true genius. When he was on stage, everybody was looking at him. He had a rare gift that inspires people of all races, all countries, all over the world.”

Mohamed Al Fayed

“Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of color way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama. Michael did with music what they later did in sports, in politics, and in TV. And, no controversy can erase that historic impact.”

Reverend Al Sharpton

“At the time that he releases THRILLER, I always argue that MTV was arguably the best example of cultural apartheid in the United States. Michael Jackson became one of the first African-Americans to be a global icon. He has brought together all races, ages, and religions all over the world for many years, and still is today. He is without a doubt the most successful and legendary artist of our time. He is known all over the world. He raised our social consciousness to a deeper level while changing our everyday culture.”

Mark Anthony Neal

Professor of Black Popular Culture

Duke University Department of African American Studies

~and from the family

“There’s love, trust and memories of insane fun my cousins and I always had with Uncle Michael. Such a magical childhood I had, full of imagination and dreams, favorite Disney characters, and endless candy and popcorn…movie nights where we begged not to have to go home. Too much fun. RIP to the biggest kid that ever lived. I love and miss you, Uncle Michael.”

Yashi Brown

“One of the most important lessons I learned from my Uncle Michael…TRUE CHARITY. He taught us, my brothers and me, at a young age, that it’s not charity if you announce it to everyone saying ‘HEY, LOOK WHAT I DID!’ True charity is when you do something for someone, or give money or time to something and nobody else knows you did it. That was one of the first things our uncle reminded us about when we started to have success with 3T. Be charitable and give back. Use your success and fame for good. Visit children’s hospitals. Give yourself to the less fortunate. Make your music count for something. My uncle was truly amazing. Not only did he do all of these things and more. We learned best by his example. There will never be a purer soul than my Uncle Michael. People put him through Hell here on earth. But now, he is finally in Heaven. I miss him so much.”

Toriano Adaryll Jackson

“Seven years…rest in peace…my best friend in the entire universe. I love you more than anything. Things may be a little shitty in the press right now, but everyone knows it’s all bull, and I swear on the family name, I will protect you for as long as I live. There’s no one like you, and there never will be. Thank you for touching millions of hearts, but especially, my own.”

Paris

June 25, 2016

~My passion for painting, and the way I understand it better by studying the paintings of people like Poussin, has helped me to defy first impressions. In a landscape, it’s not what you see right in front of you that is all that is there. That’s not what it is that you see. Most of the time, what is painted is what is between you and the image~

Michael Jackson

Our imaginative flight with Michael Jackson ensures our strength through creative endurance. Joyously aware of the divinity that guides us, we continue to work and play in a body of knowledge so profound and beautiful that it brings with it daily awakenings for more and better understanding. “The harder we look at it, the more we see.” Siren.

WATERCOLOR ANGEL

Watercolor angel

Where do You begin?

I cannot define Your edges

Your colors seep into me and contaminate my senses

So that I no longer understand

What separates You from God

Or why I even need to…

ART & SOUL by Siren

We come together in a collaboration powered by love. Our voices ring out with color and texture, our words broader and more expansive, filled with emotion. We are on a pilgrimage which embraces the confluence of past, present and future.

THE DREAM CONTINUES

Dedicated to

Michael Jackson’s Legacy Charity

MJL has partnered with the Romanian charity Asociatia Faborisa to help fund the renovation and re-furbishing of the Paediatric Ward at the Marius Nasta Hospital in Bucharest. We look forward to uniting once again to bring Michael’s magic to another part of the world, in his memory, and through his precious example.

“There is NOTHING that will ever make me stop loving Michael…Not time, not space, not friends, not family. Not lies, vicious rumors, or damning innuendos. I will never stop loving him because it is LITERALLY PROGRAMMED IN MY DNA to do so.”

Siedah Garrett

A Giver

Kindness in words creates confidence.

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Kindness in giving creates love.

Lao Tzu

The ties between us, ties of hope and love that bind men, women, and children across the planet, all are revealed when we turn our thoughts to Michael Jackson. “I’ve never seen anybody LIVE like Michael. No one will ever come close.” We can take Rob Lowe’s words beyond surface definitions of LIVE performance, and instead come to this truth: The REAL THING reveals the exultation of the possible. Time and time again, revisiting reminds us of why we are here, and inspires OUR forward visions. We embrace the notion…if there is a book we really want to read and it hasn’t been written yet, then WE must write it ourselves. It is in our DNA to do so. Although the notion that we cannot change someone who doesn’t see an issue in their actions often swims around in our consciousness, we are so far from done. For, Michael Jackson’s power is real whether you believe it or not. Knowledge is the beginning of understanding, of that we are sure.

~When you find something you love, you can never get enough of it~

Although true, we cannot stop there. We feel an obligation to share the love. A 20 second hug releases the bonding hormone neutron transmitter oxytocin, nature’s anti-depressant and anti-anxiety. Oxytocin is a powerful hormone. A hug acts as a neutron transmitter to the brain. Scientists suggest that you need to experience at least 8 hugs a day in order to feel happier and content with life. Michael gave the science of this fact velocity. His gentle, passionate perseverance was unflinching in the belief that showing love changes the world. His long hugs are legend. The authenticity of intimacy is palpable. Simply watching gives spiritual impact. Hungering for this beauty and goodness finds a home in our soul. We then set about doing Michael’s heartwork, his soul and ours are the same…profoundly connected.

“As for me, I know of nothing else but miracles.”

Walt Whitman

Our passion is embodied in our prayers for something more. Michael’s dreams for a better world are translated through our actions. If, as Diane Ackerman says, that choice is a signature of our species, we choose our birthright, looking for the gifts within the struggle and benefitting from them.

The biggest enemy of Michael Jackson’s legacy is the myth. Opening our eyes to a new day, we pray that joy cometh in the morning. And alas, many mornings fall short of that prayer. Erasing the unrecognizable version of reality is increased during the months of June and August. Many claim to crawl into Michael’s mind and then define what they think they have seen there, presuming to know…but, instead spotlighting myths. To those with a media spin, facts won’t help…no attention given to the masses of Fans gathered in Los Angeles, Forest Lawn, Neverland and Gary, Indiana…no coverage for TRIBUTES, MEMORIALS…LANTERNS OF LOVE…vigils of devotion. While authors join talking heads to increase the sales of disrespectful fiction and trash tabloids return to 2005 to obliterate facts…we gather to write the truth…the “book” we want to read. Spending our time in search of causes that continue Michael’s messages, we give energy to changing the lives of children for the better, seek answers that protect the ecology.

~The most pure people are always torn down. It will continue to be proven that my beloved Dad has always been and forever will be INNOCENT~

Paris Jackson

Once again, we awaken searching for joy, and finding despair instead…yet another attempt to destroy, begun by a sleazy tabloid and gleefully used as a take-down-piece by mainstream media. Instead of truth, words are put where answers should be. It is time once again to turn to the REAL THING, exalting in the POSSIBLE.

Our light shines for you

I’d sacrifice mine for you

We are falling, falling through time

Elmi

“He was a man of power, of positive power that brought people together in the time he lived. He brought people from all walks of life, all nationalities, friends, and foes alike. He was healing in the spirit because he healed a lot of people with his music and with his spirit. Being in his presence, when he visited hospitals, the children would be miraculously healed. Michael should be remembered for being one of the most positive and unselfish beings that ever lived. He just happened to be a singer and a dancer.”

Jonathan Moffet

“I asked him why he didn’t learn to read music and he replied that God had given him a gift, and he was afraid that learning too much about the intellectual side of music would mess it up.”

George Atwell

~I see beauty in all children. They are all beautiful to me. I love them equally~

Michael Jackson

“Rose Fine…a Jewish woman who was my beloved childhood tutor and who traveled with me and my brothers when we were in the Jackson Five…she called me her son. I learned unconditional love from her. I have seen it. I have experienced I. It doesn’t matter with blood or race or creed or color. Love is Love. It breaks all boundaries. I see it in children’s eyes. When I see children, I see helpless little puppies. They are so sweet. How could anybody hurt them? Children are truly the highest form of perfection to me. They are God’s greatest miracles.”

Michael Jackson

“If you’re a rocker, you can mournfully emote over a guitar, and rappers have made an ethic out of being too stone-cold to move on stage. But, if you’re a man singing pop music today, there’s a long, moonwalk shaped shadow you have to live up to.”

The L.A. Times

“Charity in the modern age began with Michael Jackson. Whereas every billionaire would squander away token money in order to evade taxes and earn immortality, Michael Jackson would give away the entire proceeds of his shows to the cause of black children in America, and for the dispossessed in Africa…without mention in the press. If charity meant following the trumpets on celebrity T.V. shows, if charity meant giving, without expecting perhaps in its grandest term, it has ended as well, with Michael Jackson.”

The music industry grants of America, with their racist press collaborators, took away the life of the greatest entertainer the world has witnessed in recorded history. Unlike anyone in human history, way more than any president of modern times, or emperor of the ancient age…It was Michael Jackson who was recognized by people all across the globe. Michael Jackson was the black man who steadfastly refused to walk the ropes, to plead with the press to sell his musical soul, to corporate copyrighters. Everything he did, he did with a sense of dedication that shook the foundation of common knowledge, violating the principles of the status quo. Michael Jackson was an internationalist. Greater than any country on this earth, greater than the UN’s duplicitous endeavors, and certainly greater than the neoliberal rhetoric by free market champions, are the contributions of Michael Jackson in making the world a better place. Children, to him, were the past, present and future. They were the center of the universe. Believe Michael over mainstream press. Trust him over a racist judicial system.” Saswat Pattanayak New York based Media Research Scholar

“All this stuff about Michael being a weirdo…it’s a pile of goddamn shit. I’ve recorded a whole lot of these pop musicians, and this guy’s the straightest of the goddamn lot!” Bruce Swedien

Our confidence and love come from the profound kindness of Michael Jackson. Seeing the lows in the media, shocked by its depths…we go high. Across millions of miles, our heartbeats are tossed in unison rhythm…ONE VOICE, ONE LOVE. It is in our DNA. Celebrating the past, joining together in the present…creating a future in Michael’s name. IT IS ALL FOR LOVE!

“WITH EVERY BREATH HE TOOK MICHAEL INHALED THE WORLD’S SUFFERING AND EXHALED PURE LOVE.”

Rev. June Gatlin

“He honestly believed it was his job to heal and make a difference. From the depth of his being, his mission was transformation and transcendence. He wanted us to go to that higher level of consciousness with him. With a heart as enormous as his talent, Michael took to BEING the instrument of change that this world so desperately needs.”

Seth Riggs

HOW WE REMEMBER…

WHAT WE REMEMBER…

WHY WE REMEMBER…

In the Arms of the Beloved sets forth these truths: “THE GIFT was that the world, if they wanted to, could now see with crystal clarity what had been given to us. THE GIFT was that the world, if they wanted to, could finally stop addressing who Michael Jackson ISN’T, and begin to flow with who HE IS. IT WAS ALWAYS THERE…hiding in plain sight.” Revisiting what is in plain sight reminds us of why we are here and inspires forward vision. Our continued searching leads to greater wisdom for “Embedded within Michael’s works were the Keys and Codes of activation He needed us to have. The multiple layers He loved to create allowed for any open heart functioning at any given level of understanding to be impregnated with these codes. The alchemy this union created was the Maestro’s greatest gift.” (In the Arms of the Beloved) With Michael Jackson’s artistry, everything has a purpose. Those who interpret his lessons as singular in intent miss the deeper layers of instruction. Revelations take time and study. The sacred is found according to each individual need, with wisdom’s golden gifts grown in the fertile soil of the soul. “No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” Helen Keller’s words speak to the capacity of the inner reservoir. The REAL THING has been revealed: priming the pump of inspiration is defined with a single word…MICHAEL.

~Go forth and set the world on fire~

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Loving is the only starting place there is for making our lives our own. We have found love and we can’t get enough of it. But, it goes deeper…we can’t give enough. Michael’s vision has shown us how to spend our lives for something that will outlast us. Asking us to “jump off a cliff,” we have learned that we can fly.

~That man had the force of the sun, the spotlight on him…and we were his planets spinning around his center of gravity~

Florice Gogodze

Whoever sees You and doesn’t

light up with joy,

Whose jaw doesn’t drop with awe

at the sheer beauty of You,

Whose very being fails to increase in a thousand different ways,

Must be made of the cement

of a prison wall.

Rumi

“He was a man of power, of positive power that brought people together. He brought people of all walks of life, all nationalities, friends and foes alike. He was healing in spirit because he healed a lot of people with his music and with his spirit. Being in his presence, when he visited hospitals, the children would be miraculously healed.”

Jonathan Moffet

An Avatar leads an entire world. (In the Arms of the Beloved) Present in our thoughts and actions today, Michael Jackson leads us to be who we really are, do what needs to be done, and have the world we want. The ties of love and hope are strengthened as education thaws the frozen hell of those who find Michael Jackson a steep learning curve. “Every moment a voice out-of-this-world calls on our soul to wake up and rise.” Rumi Both Presidents Reagan and Bush recognized the power of Michael’s ambassadorship around the world. But, many have yet to discover the affect he had on global relations…his influence, both past and present. His universal messages speak to all humankind, about all humankind, for all humankind, dispelling the plague of jealousy and hatred. Within our grasp, within our sight, we set Michael’s dreams alight.

As we revisit the wealth of research available to us, one thing becomes clear…unlike the plethora of flip flop dished out to us by a diseased media…the scope of Michael’s work remained unchanged, his message cherished…recanting unnecessary.

~The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph

What we obtain too cheap we esteem too lightly

Tis dearness only that gives everything its value~

Thomas Payne

“THIS SENSE OF ‘WORLD IN ME’ IS HOW I ALWAYS WANT TO FEEL.

Oh, friend, I hear a dance. Will you be my partner?”

THE DREAM CONTINUES

DANCING THE DREAM…MICHAEL JACKSON

The difference between truth and myth is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. (Mark Twainism) With room for everyone, we partner with the power, turning all into blessed outreach without boundaries. “He forced rock and roll and the mainstream press to acknowledge that the biggest pop star in the world could be young and black and in doing so, he broke down more barriers than anybody.” Rolling Stone We join Michael in his fierce belief in what we can achieve together. Captivating, seismic, enduring, we follow…inhaling the suffering of children and the ecology, and exhaling our actions valued in pure love.

“Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.”

Pearl S. Buck

“There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.”

Zora Neale Hurston

~HAN…a state of mind, state of soul, a sadness so deep no tears will come and yet still there’s hope~

MAGICAL LIFE AWARD~ First Award~ May 1, 2002

Nominees: First Lady Laura Bush

US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

Secretary of State Colin Powell

Talk Show Host Oprah Winfrey

Recording Artist Michael Jackson

~an honor given to an individual that has demonstrated the true humanitarian service, peace, love, and happiness characterized by the Magic of Children…and in doing so, has helped make the world a kinder and gentler place. Nominations based on the record of each nominees’ service to children~

Final Results announced May 1, 2002 New York City

“It was up to the citizens of the world, especially our children, to confirm who is deserving of this honor. This makes The Magical Life Award truly unique in that it is an award from the hearts of children and those adults who still have the heart of a child. When given the opportunity to vote for the person that inspired them the most to stay in touch with the magic of their inner child, thousands of children from around the world voted for Michael Jackson.”

WINNER: MICHAEL JACKSON

Michael Jackson never chose the comfort of a failed role. With a pulsating energy that infuses all life, chosen by God as a receptacle of grace, he believed in the curative powers of love. The electricity of his talent provided a prism through which we view ourselves. When Natalie Barney said, “Sensuality, wanting a religion, invented love,” her words aptly described Michael Jackson. Echoing our origins, with a marvelous power that embraced the forming of bonds creating attachment one to another, he defined for us everyday epiphanies. Passion became a person. Evidence of things unseen proved substance for our hopes…with dreams never deferred nor denied. “A ship is always safe at shore, but that is not what it’s built for,” Einstein’s words apply to Michael’s show that never ends, with a bravery speaking out and taking the heat. An artist’s job is to captivate us for however long our attention is held. But, that is not the complete measure of the Michael Jackson experience. Jung tells us that creative minds play with what they love. Schreiner asks into how little space can a human soul be crushed? With overwhelming force, Michael Jackson showed us the things we can do. With frailties, flaws and foibles, we stand against the fault line that seeks to guarantee our failure, drawn into Michael’s radiant light, we are loved into full being. Each day we resist captivity with awakened powers. “Faith is the centerpiece of a connected life. It allows us to live by the grace of invisible strands. It is a belief in a wisdom superior to our own. Faith becomes a teacher in the absence of fact.” Terry Tempest Williams explains our spirit of revolt. Surviving means being born over and over again. Through Michael we reach for something better. Claiming the events of his life, peeling away the layers of complicated artistry, we join him in service at a loftier level.

“Michael had a unique place in the world. He not only did good, but taught others how to do the same. Michael wanted to help people see the problems that are destroying our world. That’s what he was about and what his upcoming shows were about. He was trying to teach through lyrics, video, and performance. He wanted to use every part of himself to show us what we are capable of becoming. His goal was to demonstrate to people that if we all just try to make our world a better place, it will be. Michael did charity work all of his life…since we first started performing as the Jackson 5. He quickly learned talent alone means nothing. It’s what you do with it that really matters. What are you doing to make things better for other people? In grasping this, Michael found his purpose…entertain and educate at the same time. Michael grew to understand why the world is in the state it is. He would ask WHY, but not get trapped in trying to find reasons for each and every problem. His aim was finding SOLUTIONS. His message was about SOLUTIONS. Michael’s day-to-day thought process was: How do I make the world a better place. He dedicated his existence to responding to this question and to giving voice to those who can’t speak for themselves. If someone is hungry, give them food…but also help them become self-sufficient. Michael taught us when you do good you start with an individual, then move onto a family, a neighborhood, a village, a nation.”

Jermaine Jackson

Innovation is enormously liberating. Michael’s capacity for a challenge was limitless. Scheduled only by destiny, his beating pulse echoed around the globe. As one who when seeing a burning building, runs into the fire to rescue others, Michael’s artistic catalog defines the 80/20 rule…we of the 80 stand up for the 20. His work excites us, moves us to tears, makes the blood rush to our heads…our souls sigh. Like no other artist before or since, his mark on the world of entertainment introduced new language to the conversation. We are captivated, instructed, inspired, empowered.

“Nowhere will his contribution be more obvious and his influence more strongly felt than in the world of dance. No choreographer of the last 30 years has been unaware of Jackson’s achievement. He rewrote the vocabulary of dance for everyone, from kids competing in talent shows to royal ballets of Europe. If the dance establishment did not often acknowledge his influence, it was because there was no need. His shapes, his moves were everywhere. Nijinsky and Nureyev also died young. They, too, were transcendent dancing boys, but chose to interpret the choreography supplied to them. By contrast, Michael Jackson’s art was astonishingly innovative.No one could dance like him until he showed them how…and then, they were never as good as he was. His concept of the dance was utterly 20th century, extravagantly multi-dimensional. Nijinsky may have been the greatest Spectre de la Rose, Nureyev, the greatest Corsair, but these 2 candles pale in the light of Jackson’s blazing star. The surprise is not that we have lost him, but that we ever had him at all.”

Germaine Greer Writer and Art Critic

In a world that is often a part of the dumbing down, cut and paste cycles of the day, Michael Jackson appeals to our intelligence. Our consciences grow under his tutorials of love. Never accepting a “duck and cover” mentality, he told truth to power. Undeterred by greed and bullying agenda, understanding that the world is a dangerous and unpredictable place…knowing that he must lead, he warned us against feeding the hand that bites us…those who create the crisis of the hour. His values, what he devoutly believed in, didn’t shift with threatening winds. His professional ethics, his intensely driven work, his pioneering spirit in all levels of artistry, and his fierce belief in what we can achieve together, provide continuous threads of revelation…pivotal to all.

“I think he was an angel sent to us, and I think we might have to reflect on how well we took care of him. People say that the people around him were bad and they didn’t do right by him…but, I think it’s a collective too, because I can’t remember the last time or any other artist who attracted so much energy and projected that much power…that was that creative and affected so many people…was such a diplomat for America and such a champion of the American culture and African-American people worldwide. People wanted to move to America because of Michael Jackson. Industry changed, the music industry changed due to Michael Jackson. That is a gift to us…and, I’m concerned that maybe the Good Lord may not send another one, because we didn’t take good care of Michael.”

Wesley Snipes

“Everything is made of the past, even the future.” Natalie Barney’s words ring in our ears. Destiny was revealed in one that was born to win, one who made the invisible visible. We are prompted to ponder the possibilities in our own glorious moments. Michael taught us that there are moral imperatives: abolish discrimination in our hearts and minds, the truth is our salvation, without faith we are lost, LOVE is the answer.

~LOVE AND HUGS ARE FREE~

~More people need to be grateful~

MANIKGANJ 2000 Documentary Film Making…”What music do you play during weddings here? Without batting an eyelid, the old bearded gentleman in a white Kurta replied…’We play the music of Michael Jackson.’ Michael Jackson was so popular in Bangladesh that he had been dubbed in Bengali. Not only had MJ crossed continents and captured the imaginations of the people of the cities of South Africa, he had also been locally packaged to add value to the regional imagination. MJ had become a symbol of what global satellite TV could produce. Yes, indeed, MJ did more than come to Manikganj…he ruled over the hearts and minds of the people in Manikganj. And indeed, the rest of Bangladesh and all of South Africa.”

~One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy of pure love and reverence for all of life will counterbalance the negativity of 750,000 individuals who calibrate at the lower weakening levels~

Dr. Wayne Dyer

“Forever continue to love, heal and educate the children. The future shines on them.”

Michael Jackson

~There is a force in the Universe which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.”

Mahatma Gandhi

“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.”

Albert Schweitzer

“His music brought joy to others and inspired them to believe in themselves. His energy and compassion touched people deeply. The beauty and love he saw in everyone, allowed them to see it within themselves. Adults were reminded of what it had been like to be children. Children saw that it was possible to make their dreams come true. People started to remember their similarities instead of their differences. Soon the seventh child was known as Maestro all across the land because of the harmony he brought wherever he went. When in his presence, people loved one another and forgot the things that seemed to separate them.”

THE 7TH CHILD…Brenda Jenkyns with Siren

Holding us together with both hands, Michael Jackson is our window, opening to the fresh air of possibilities we never imagined. Living life out loud, his light could not be denied in this difficult world, for he embraced injury and turned it into stellar art. When lost in Michael’s eyes, our vision is made more acute, our empathy for the vulnerable defined.

~MICHAEL JACKSON a benevolent influence who encourages growth, rather than controlling it~

We write to tell the truth, possessing the miracle of knowing. Michael’s stories surround us for we have made the conscious choice to understand the greater truth that stands behind his art. At the center are these tenets: God chose Michael to give all he had to show the world how to love ~God chose Michael to lead us to do the same. With his perspective, guidance and velocity, we hear what we need to hear and say what we need to say. An energy never overdrawn, Michael sings and dances across the planet for a higher purpose, rekindling inner lights which produce miraculous results. His music, performance, image and life choices are on another level of self-expression which reaches inward for answers. There is no ego in it, for ego hates being channeled, wanting to take credit, ill-defining rather than defining.

Everything is important until it isn’t. When Michael’s truths are known to an entire world, every foe vanquished and, Michael no longer being punished for things he didn’t do…our thoughts of yesterday fuel our hopes for tomorrow.

“If the real story were actually released into the culture…the fans would have some hope. If the whole sorry mess were exposed for what it was and the world was truly informed about the truth of this story of Michael, and an acknowledgment was made of the damage, the fans could begin normal grieving. And eventually they would heal.”

Reverend Barbara Kaufmann

Reverend Kaufmann gives truth to Michael’s voice of sanity in an insane world. Every truth we share is a bit of gold that makes us richer. Michael’s leadership provides oxygen for our collective spirit, while deflating egos which expect less and less from people, and never let facts interfere with a good story.

~WE COME INTO THIS SPACE BEARING ONLY BLESSED INTENTION~

~the more personal, the more universally it communicates~

REVELATIONS

~As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is~

Proverbs

“Your curiosity is your greatest gift. Use it to expand your scope. Ordinary people won’t understand your insatiable thirst for excellence. They won’t bother to keep striving because it’s too onerous, too difficult. I know what it’s like to be different…EMBRACE IT.”

Michael Jackson to Kobe Bryant

“I’m very concerned about the plight of the International Global Warming Phenomenon. I knew it was coming, but I wish they would have gotten people’s interest sooner. But, it’s never too late. It’s been described as a runaway train. If we don’t stop it we’ll never get it back. So, we have to fix it now. That’s what I’m trying to do with EARTH SONG, HEAL THE WORLD, WE ARE THE WORLD…writing songs to open people’s consciousness. I wish people would listen to every word.”

Michael Jackson Ebony 2007

“I don’t consider myself religious in order to form part of a dogma in particular. I consider myself to be spiritual. I think there is a field of knowledge in which we experience our universality. I read all kinds of religious literature because I believe that the truth is in all of them.”

Michael Jackson

~Getting even will not make things better. Perpetual pain, perpetual suffering…the cycle never ends~

Michael Jackson

“You’ve got to study all the greats. You’ve got to learn what made them successful and what made them unsuccessful.”

Michael Jackson to Kobe Bryant

“It’s hard to explain what a huge impact a day at Neverland had on the inner city kids and kids fighting life-threatening illnesses. You would almost need to hear it from them. I know we would receive letters from doctors, nurses, councilors and family members that would absolutely make me cry. Some of those kids were so sick…I think it was a miracle, if only for that one day, that they forgot about their illness. And for the inner city kids, some who had never been out of their neighborhood, the miracle was that they got to see that there is hope. During my 15 years at Neverland, sitting at a picnic table under a huge oak tree, I had several long conversations with Mr. Jackson about Neverland. Looking into his eyes and hearing his voice, there was no doubt that the charity work done at Neverland was one of the most important things in his life. I would like to let the world know what a truly genuine person Mr. Jackson was. After spending some time around Mr. Jackson and getting to understand what he was about , I learned how to be more charitable, not to be judgmental…TO DO.”

~It is now I see and feel that calling again…to be part of the music that will not just connect, but make all feel as ONE~

~ONE in joy

~ONE in love

~ONE in service

~ONE in consciousness

~ONE

Michael Jackson

“People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.”

Dalalama

~Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is~

German Proverb

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.”

Washington Irving

“In times like these, we need each other. We must unite in spirit and in service.”

Michael Jackson

We live in a confusingly intricate state of things. We have been told that Occam’s Razor (all things being equal,the simplest answer is the best) should help in winding our way through life’s labyrinth. Seeing problems, do we simply stop at outrage, or do we act? Venting is necessary. Action is critical. We search for answers wrapped in unconditional love…help without qualification.

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.”

Isaiah 43

~Hold me like the River Jordan, and I will then say to Thee, YOU ARE MY FRIEND~

Michael Jackson

Humanity is capable of the most beautiful dreams and the most horrible nightmares. Many are acquisitive in nature, the insatiable appetite for wealth. Difficulties do not have to be your fault to break you…you just need to be there. We find ourselves in search of inspiration. We look for someone who understands, who speaks for everyone, who joins us in the human struggle.

WE HAVE BEEN SENT A POET

“Michael Jackson was never afraid to put himself out there for truth as he saw it. We could always count on Jackson to be the global leader of the band…to give voice to everything we were feeling.”

D. B. Anderson Baltimore Sun

The path of those who preach love and not hatred is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns. Etched in our minds, with our vivid diversity, we survive the ache of Michael’s passing by contributing to his canvas…comforted, empowered, hopeful…unleashing our inner voice.

WE HAVE BEEN SENT A TEACHER

Michael saw beauty in all…the old, the young, the ill. He found a positive in the worst suffering. He saw no barriers for love. His artistry held a mirror up to all manner of human struggle and triumph. The torch of creative spirit that lived within Michael has been passed to us…the music of life.

WE HAVE BEEN SENT AN ARTIST

“People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It’s like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song. So, I stay in the moment and listen.”

Michael Jackson

Across this entire planet, millions turn to Michael’s music, searching for a sense of reassurance. Love, joy and peace for the world, that’s what I want. Peace for the world and love. Michael’s words came to us in pictures as the people of Brussels joined in singing HEAL THE WORLD. We hold fast to Michael’s teachings. Within each piece of artistry we feel the love that makes us better, letting us know that anything is possible, that we can do anything..BE MORE! DO MORE!

WE HAVE BEEN SENT THE TRUTH

“The fact is, you only had to be in his presence for five minutes to know he emitted this total radiance of goodness. Michael brought light where there was darkness, hope where there was despair. He never turned away from cruelty when he could give compassion.”

Dr. Patrick Treacy

“I totally enjoy what I’m doing, bringing joy into people’s lives…to me, if I can bring one second of joy into a child’s or grown-ups’ lives, then I have achieved my lifetime ambition.”

Michael Jackson

As we navigate the labyrinth of life, we unite in spirit and service. Our perseverance is strengthened by dedication, devotion, knowledge, inspiration, our common goal…LOVE. “They’ve gotta hear it from Me, they’ve gotta hear it from YOU, they’ve gotta to hear it from US…we can’t take it, WE’VE ALREADY HAD ENOUGH.

Feeling that calling, we move into the world with truths…nourished by Michael’s teachings…inspired to be activists for change…feeling solace in kindred souls.

~DREAM IT~

~BELIEVE IT~

~SEE IT~

~MAKE IT HAPPEN~

~never give up, never give in~

“Michael was good at bracketing. He’d slip into serious adult mode in a flash when business was being discussed. He was a wise man-child. When finished discussing business issues, he could easily and quickly slip back into play mode. On the positive side, his childlike persona gave him fluid access to the creative part of his mind. He could play with musical ideas easily and maintain a sense of curiosity and wonder, making his own rules. I think he found a way of being that was satisfying and immensely productive.”

Todd Gray

Daybreak colors, nighttime shadows, Michael’s playfulness gave time, attention and energy to turning the world around. We join him in weeping and dancing, as we work for justice, reconciliation and love. WE ARE HERE TO CHANGE THE WORLD!

“Michael had a way of making you feel like you knew him 100 years…and eased your nerves about how HUGE he was.”

Jodi Gomes

1991

“A name is given, but a title is deserved.”

King’s Son Productions

Prince Jackson

~Michael’s power, his ability to channel whatever that divine energy was that coursed through him and gave vent to his performances, was truly something incredible indeed~

Raven

“I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who’ve worked so hard and been so courageous, and are leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that, and to learn from them, and share words with them…to me, that’s magic.”

Michael Jackson

We have learned that adversity allows stories to resonate. We have seen that there is nothing in the world more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. (MLK) Each day, we accept the challenge to stop the ignorance in our defense of Michael Jackson’s life and legacy, each of us turning on lights in darkened rooms. Blessed with a burden that is equal in beauty and blessing, we witness for a man who saw the world the way it could be, taking on authority, with complete understanding that nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. (Leonardo DaVinci) With his heroic heart, he sought, he found, never to yield.

Amplified memories are memories doing their job!

Our journey is both visceral and academic. We accumulate knowledge. With understanding comes a perceptive awareness leading us toward enlightenment. It is complicated in the extreme, yet simple in design: We witness. We love. We share. Life can neither be ennobled or enriched by hatred or revenge. (RFK) This is not about revenge toward those whose bad ideas sink under their own weight…whose false nightmare scenarios die with the shame of betrayal. We accept that many remain steadfast in their determination to discredit all that Michael achieved. Michael’s artistry, his life choices, his business acumen, his musical and creative genius are unequivocal. There is no one like him. There never will be. Michael’s art, like an invisible tissue, wraps itself around us. We live it with him. It stays within us.

~I love you. Nothing and nobody, not even time, will change that~

Esh Sundar

Life is paradoxical. Feeling the loss of someone we love more than ourselves juxtaposed with a sense of power that comes from knowledge, we are steadfast. There are days when it is more difficult to repel the negativity found in the words: Life is a betrayal. Clearly, we see betrayal when Michael’s wishes are ignored, his visionary business acumen thwarted, his life story twisted and turned for profit, even to include his beloved pets, his profound desire to reach out to those suffering from violence turned into a comedy, with a white man in the leading role. Some may say we live with false hope…that respect and the dignity of his character, lived each day on a world stage, will never be presented honestly to the world. Is it possible to have a hero without a villain? Truly, Michael was blessed with more than his share of adversaries. They live and breathe yet today, many cloaked in the word: Friend. And then, we are gifted the Off The Wall Documentary…and, we feel the glow.

Michael told us that it is how the story ends that is important. In Wayne Dyers’ words: Be strong by bending, keeping radical humility as we see everything as miraculous. Our miracle lies in witnessing with amplified memories. Our Maestro leads the way. Bonded together, engraved in our hearts, we face what scares us…we dance and sing, we paint and write…transparent in claiming the glory for Michael. For, in doing that…the glow illuminates the world.

WE WITNESS:

“He liked to see people do well and he liked to use his reputation and resources to help people with disabilities, children from the inner city who grew up in poverty and violence. He liked to see people happy. He could have taken his wealth and prestige and not deal with the kids, not give to worthy causes. He could have been purely selfish if he wanted, but it was not what he chose to do. He really wanted to make a difference. He wanted to bring people of all races, all religions, and all nationalities together. You can see it in his music. You can see it in the way he lived.”

Tom Mesereau

“We wrote a lot of screenplays. My dad taught me how to write scripts, helped me to unlock my thinking, with the right side of my brain. We watched the sound afterwards and he would show how the sound could actually make or break a movie. My work ethics I learned from my dad. My dad was always optimistic.”

Prince Jackson

“He was better than our wildest dreams. He’s a name with huge appeal that reaches from children to grandparents. Michael was crucial in the direction in making the game the greatest attraction on television in the history of the Super Bowl.”

Larry Chersol HBO

NBC Sports

“Damn near any chimpanzee could record Michael. I mean, he was such a pro, it is unbelievable. Michael was not an ordinary vocalist or an ordinary singer. If any young people in the music industry make the decision to use Michael as an inspiration…that’s about the smartest thing they could possibly do.”

Bruce Swedien

“That’s the greatest dancer of the century. I didn’t want to leave this world without knowing who my descendant was…Thank you, Michael!”

Fred Astaire

WE LOVE:

“It doesn’t matter with blood or race or creed or color…love is love. It breaks all boundaries. You just see it right away.”

“It is the light that attracts us, like moths to a streetlight. We want that light and yet we don’t realize that what we are seeking is God. Michael had that light within him because he allowed God to work through him. He was a vehicle of light in that way.”

Debbie Kunesh

WE SHARE:

“In 2002, a woman named Marjorie, who was receiving chemotherapy treatment at the time, was waiting in Pasadena for the American Bandstand 50th Anniversary taping. A gathering of fans was very fortunate to be very close to Michael for some moments. He accepted the artwork Marjorie had made for him and then, to her surprise, he reached out and pulled her into a tight hug and whispered, ‘You should have stayed home. You look very sick.’ This is but one example of the caring gestures so many received. How many celebrities would notice and care and hold her in their arms without receiving word about her condition? But then, Michael had seen enough sick and dying children in his life to know what someone in the midst of chemo looks like. And, he cared.”

Esh Sundar

~Seeing him smile made you feel like everything was going to be all right~

“That’s a Glowing Soul when you can just listen and feel the words shine into minds and hearts. It’s what I find about Michael’s music and lyrics…they glow because they come straight from the heart. We can feel it when it happens. Glow cannot be made…it creates itself because it comes from the right place deep within a true loving and kind soul.”

Inge Author of EMBRACEABLE ME

“When Michael was on stage, he was total energy…so much energy…well, did you know, he glowed.” Orianthi “So, it is true what Orianthi said about him glowing. He glowed. He could light up a room, a stage, an arena. You could be standing in a room alone and with no sound, he would enter, and the feeling in the room changed. You could just feel him. You could have your back turned to him and you knew he was there, with no words. He lit up the room. I pictured Michael and his beautiful face and I know my eyes were wide open as I blurted out…OH, MY GOD! HOW CAN A PERSON DO THAT! Only God could have done that to Michael.”

Michael Bush

Believing that past is prologue, we have come to a place where each lustrous soliloquy Michael uttered has opened a portal, leading us to something that is bigger than ourselves. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing. Say nothing. Be nothing.” (Aristotle) Michael chose to be SOMETHING. We have been tasked to do the same. Every time he was hit, he stood back up again. So they hit him harder. Michael defines the Standing Man. (Bridge of Spies) And in standing, the waves of thought in his head gain power as they move to our shores. “Conformity is like a blanket that leaves your feet cold.” (Dead Poets’ Society) Instead, Michael lived deliberately, striking out to find new ways to reinvent our world toward one end: Heal the suffering. There is great difficulty in maintaining strong beliefs in the face of conformity. Swimming upstream, Michael stirred status quo waters. Rarely passing open windows, always creating new paths, Michael saw no accidents, only opportunities and potential. Michael never fled the battle field, making love a weapon against any evil. The heat from the glow of his actions has created a Love Movement unparalleled, compelling us to realize our strengths as we become the people he envisioned us to be.

“The power of the play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”

Dead Poets’ Society

~Don’t grieve…anything you lose comes round in another form~

Rumi

The strength of Michael’s glow is our saving grace. When first the warmth of his light wraps itself around us, we are unable to live another day without him. We need his heat, feeling alive with beauty, passion and love. With this light of knowledge, we search for the verse we will add to this glorious Michael Jackson Symphony of Hearts. Our union arises from a common purpose, singular interests, and devoted service.

~Nothing is impossible~

~Dreams really do come true~

“Love, Work! Work, Love!”

Freud

Resplendent, emitting visual light, filled with emotion, aglow with purpose, Michael invites us to seize each day, every opportunity, as we feel his imposing appearance just up ahead. Armed with total commitment, we sing and dance with glee, research and gather knowledge to educate the world, offer respect and tribute for one who has earned it unconditionally. We turn to Michael’s artistry when facing life’s hardships. We paint, draw, play, write, share loving and life-saving memories, bestow beauty at Michael’s resting place. Asking the question: WHAT MORE CAN I GIVE…we turn our energies and gifts to continuing Michael’s work in rescuing children from poverty and hunger. We bring to reality Michael’s dreams of homes for children, education for their minds and, showing them our unconditional love. We search the world for causes that Michael believed in…and then, with devotion, try to make each one a reality. With hearts beating as one, we defend Michael’s life and legacy, seeking justice. This is the nature of our work. We can because we know the truth. With determination, we will keep asking the same questions until we get the answers we are looking for…and then, we will say Thank You! (Thank you, Beloved Gene and Judy)

The global impact of Michael Jackson is unparalleled with a LOVE MOVEMENT like no other. His Glow is felt by hundreds of millions of people spanning the planet…every age, color, race and culture. His history is prelude to a better world for today. He has enlightened us, empowered our days, filling our minds with dreams. In times of crisis, character is defined. We understand what the definition is…we are the storytellers.

“Michael Jackson may be the purest talent I’ve ever seen. He’s incapable of a false moment.”

Sidney Lumet

From Michael…

“Prince, I wish for you to learn about perseverance and confidence and the true meaning of success…which is LOVE.

And, that you can reach any goal that your heart desires. It’s totally up to you. You can be anything you want to be.

And, I love you.”

For Prince

How does one throw dance into the lives of multitudes? How does one bring curve to the straight lines that cripple so many? How does one become a tangible part of the lives of people from different cultures, all ages and religions and colors? How does one inspire seeds to unfold into flowers? There is around Michael Jackson a light which radiates delicious opportunity, bringing personal human stories to the big stage with textures that translate into pure soul. His musical and visual landscapes have left so many eager vessels, ready to receive and share what he has bequeathed to the world. The good in his actions lasts. We are magnetically drawn, as the messages of God are revealed. Michael did not dream on a budget. Although many, trapped in their imaginations with no way out, held onto the “candle-snuffing word just” (Finding Neverland), Michael spread his wings and taught us how to fly. It was never just an empty promise or illusion. ~What you believe you become~ No matter the volume of those who “enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought” (JFK), we have become addicted to the light, understanding that the deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.

“Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their peers, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet, it is the one essential vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change.”

Robert Kennedy

Michael Jackson’s spiritual health often was shown in his capacity for enthusiasm. As he spoke to Prince, he helped his young son realize the value of confidence and perseverance. Along with his three children, we all feel Michael watching over our dreams, his glowing light leading from the back, as all good leaders do. Our fight to defend Michael Jackson is not over because we live in a world which often reflects Eckhart Tolle’s words: “There’s a huge amount of suffering that is generated not by the actual challenges of life, but by the fictitious problems the mind generates.”

~I will always be Peter Pan in my heart~Michael Jackson

Michael’s irrepressible youth powered a light, enveloping him, and electrifying ours. Genuine and of pure intent, we see the gateway standing wide open. As we look through, the paths ahead provide the realities of suffering and pain, the magnificence of imagination and wonderment, the tapestry of our unique gifts, opportunities to reach our potential…and the blueprint for all: LOVE.

~Truth so ecstatic, yet so plausible at once~ academic structure, but so emotional and incredible~

Saint Teresa (Siren)

The gift of seeing Michael happens everyday…just by believing…opportunity for us all to be able to serve others, and share our unique talents. With divine light…MICHAEL’S MESSAGE IS LOVE.

~Michael, we can see your HALO…you’re everything we need and more…we’re surrounded by your embrace~ Taken from HALO by Beyonce

“You are the flash of the lightning bolt

Electrify my soul

Take me to your darkest place

The truth shall make me whole

You are the radiant light of the world

Forsaken once again

But kingdom come, Thy will be done…

Forever, and ever, Amen.

~taken from RADIANCE by Siren

“Too often we honor swagger and bluster and wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.” JFK. God comes through a person to us.(Sue) When that person is a dreamer, an inspirer, a believer, a peaceful warrior seeking to improve the lives of others, one who knows suffering and childhood pain, one who possesses a boisterous inner child…someone who truly loves from the heart…our confusion and misdirection dissolve. We are sharing a short moment in life, and we refuse to allow tragedy to be a tool for living. Instead, we gain wisdom from the light.

Today’s world can feel out of control with the loudness of closed-minded people whose mouths are always open, thinking that value comes by turning up the volume. They have yet to learn that when you judge another you do not define them, you define yourself. If we allow the twisting of reality to overtake us, we are faced with a kind of bondage, subjecting us to external forces that, if allowed, enslave. Our activities are hampered to the point of confinement, creativity stolen. And so we ask, are there treasures in these struggles? How can we break free? Who will come to our rescue? Do we abandon all hope and surrender?

Yet again we have been tasked with choosing counter strategies, as a disrespectful and untrue story enters breaking news cut and paste headlines. With a false story portraying Michael’s movements after 9/11, and the casting of a white actor, we find ourselves once again asking…what sort of a world is this? Will we find our greatness in the courage to overcome yet another obstacle in our efforts to preserve and protect his life and legacy. Wayne Dyer said that what comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.

~Gamble everything for love. If you are a true human being, half-heartedness does not reach into majesty~ Rumi

With our intention our reality is created. We intend to move beyond the shadows, out of the darkness of lies and into the light of the truth. We have the capacity of delight because we have been paying attention. (Julia Cameron) The catalyst that has captured our attention is both our mirrored reflection and our believing mirror. He has asked us to look beyond ourselves. His artistry rescues us from our feelings of abandonment. Chosen to show the world what love looks like, he is the personification of: The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. W. Shakespeare

~What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs of the sorrows of men. That is what love looks like~ St. Augustine

Love. Love. Love. That is the soul of genius. We take those words of Mozart to our hearts for we know what love looks like.

As Rumi said…Michael… “your face is what every religion tries to remember.”

“May the very special memory of my beautiful and loving father be always in our world forever, especially through his wonderful and magical art, bringing endless happiness to children everywhere. With all my love and blessings to the Kids of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. I love you, Daddy.”

Paris Jackson

“To the wonderful children and families who are loved and cared for by Children’s Hospital L.A. On behalf of our dear and greatly missed father, Michael. We love you all and wish you all to be in the best of health and have a very happy life. With love from our family.”

Prince Jackson

“My father’s art and music will always make everyone happy. I love you, Daddy.”

Blanket Jackson

“Today’s world has many problems. Many of them are hard to solve. They require money, manpower, expertise, equipment, and so on. But, what they require most is people who have the will to take them on. People that will not give up until the job is done.”

Michael Jackson

“The more I’ve studied Michael Jackson and his work, the more convinced I am that he was a man of tremendous courage and deep psychological insight, fiercely committed to social change, wryly funny even during the most difficult times, and an artist to the very core of his being. He was everything in terms of art, and the transformative power of art. We have no unmediated access to the world, we can only access the world through our senses and perceptions, and art has the ability to challenge and change those perceptions. That is a tremendous power and Michael Jackson understood that better than any other artist of his time. He developed an artistic response that challenges our most fundamental beliefs about race and identity, and has changed us and our culture in ways we have not yet begun to measure. He developed an artistic response that shakes the foundations of perception itself, and challenges some of our basic assumptions about how we see, interpret, and make sense of the world. That is the work of a powerful artist.

Michael Jackson’s Art of Connection and Defiance

M. Poetica ~Dancing with the Elephant

” Michael Jackson was a black man who was unafraid in his actions and in his speech to say out loud, ‘I am black and I’m proud of it.’ Who he was cannot be erased by the many attempts to rob him of his character and dignity. They tried to do it while he was alive, and now in death, they are trying to rob him of his identity with this show, that cannot be overlooked.”

A.K. Staggers ~Writing Life as It Happens~

With unedited deep and intimate feeling, allowing wheat and chaff to be separated (Siren), we stand against the blustering bullies, those who again see Michael as a money machine. We stand against those who lie for a living, allowing our wounds and the wounds Michael suffered to speak for us…while at the same time, feeling glorious rescue. For, we move on. On~ to blanket the world with truth. On~ to educate. On~ to PAY MICHAEL FORWARD. On~ to use the inspiration of his purity of heart, as he takes us places no one else can.

“Without dreams, there is no creativity. The creative impulse comes from discontent…a divine discontent that seeks to change, transform, and fill the world with more magic. My priority in life is to make a difference, step on an uncharted and unknown territory, and leave a fingerprint.”

Michael Jackson Chicago Tribune Interview 1992

~The persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others~

MLK

“One day, I think I’d like to be a teacher or a social worker…anything, really, that involves children. It would be marvelous to be able to help foster kids who otherwise would only know poverty and despair in their lives. I guess that’s about the greatest thing you can do…to save someone from a bad life, and help to give it some meaning.”

Michael Jackson

“To me, Michael Jackson embodies passion, energy, mystery, compassion, complexity, brilliance, creativity, wonder, tragedy and love. His art wasn’t meant to only entertain (though that was part of it). He aimed broader and deeper than most artists. His artistic legacy to me has to do with how he tried to use his art to re-imagine the world…and, how he fused and stretched and reinvented so many forms to that end.”

Joseph Vogel The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies

The magical power of transmitting something common into a substance of value…a metamorphosis changing the nature of the ordinary into extraordinary…recovering something that was once thought to be lost…ALCHEMY!

“I’m an optimist. I think we can do a lot to shape the future and that we will accomplish our goals and make it a better world…a world free of war, hopefully, free of most major diseases, and if we can, free of cruelty between human beings. I hope I can live to see many of these goals accomplished. If I can’t, I certainly want to make my contribution towards accomplishing as much as possible while I can.”

Michael Jackson Heal the World Interview 1992

A gift of discovering the simple threads of potential in the fabric of humankind, Michael Jackson’s questions for the world led to a single answer…LOVE achieves all. It can create the extraordinary out of the ordinary. It can recover all that was once lost, giving life’s simplicity value. In a world plunged into chaos, Michael stirred the emotional soup, melding flavors and textures together, uniting with a powerful light so strong as to keep the lamps of hope illuminated seven years after his passing. A Michael Jackson Love Movement, powered by hundreds of millions, accepts what has been given us…a responsibility to get it right in Michael’s name.

Michael Jackson is a Master Alchemist, able to inspire with his artistry and legacy profoundly, permanently, deep inside the soul. His influence transcends his passing from this earth in a way that few have ever done. “If I believed in God, then I would say Michael Jackson was the closest thing we had in recent times to a modern-day prophet. His followers and fans outnumber any other modern religious or public figure. He always spread his message of healing, love, peace and acceptance.” Chaz Harris

~He was like us. He was able to touch us, teach us and even nurture us in a way most strangers can never do…and, why? I believe he was in touch with his spirit, the soul, his source,our source. It is the one thing that connects us all to each other…to realize ourselves in a beautiful way…his way. The intrinsic thing we all have…Some call it love. Some call it God…Universe…Source~ ALL FOR LOVE

Michael provides the oxygen that keeps us alive in our efforts to educate the world. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” Wayne Dyer Our persistent, united voices are here to enlighten the ignorant. Reminded by MLK that ~injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere~ we hold information to the highest standard: BEFORE YOU SPEAK, LET YOUR WORDS PASS THROUGH 3 GATES: At the 1st gate ask yourself Is it true? At the second, ask Is it necessary? At the third gate, ask Is it kind? Sufi

Leonard Bernstein offers this: The point is: art never stopped a war and never got anybody a job. That was never its function. Art cannot change events. But, it can change people. It can affect people so that they are changed, because people are changed by art in a way that may affect the course of events…by the way they vote, they behave, the way they think.

With greatness comes the courage to overcome obstacles. (D. R. Hawkins) ~There is one thing we know for certain about Michael Jackson: He is an extraordinarily talented man with a gift for creating music that people all over the world love! (Rolling Stone 1992) Extraordinary talent and a world-class brain, Michael Jackson’s alchemy has been the powerful catalyst to our performance forte. The global choir he directs grows more beautiful everyday in its metamorphosis…transformed by great value.

~WHEN MY SOUL HAS LEFT THE EARTH, REMEMBER, I AM NOT FORGOTTEN. I AM STILL ALIVE INSIDE YOUR HEART~

~While a part of his intent was obviously to entertain, there is a culturally intelligent and politically astute side of Michael Jackson that has not been seriously explored. Michael Jackson is the most inexhaustible humanitarian and lobbyist for change in our cultural memory~

Georgette Norman

Director of Rosa Parks Museum

“There is no age limit to love.”

Michael Jackson lead singer of the Jackson 5

Taking exception to Dodinsky’s words ~Sometimes distancing yourself from an argument is the best form of rebuttal~ we find ourselves in a constant state of reaching for the wider canvas. Also at odds with F. Scott Fitzgerald, we do not see Michael in ~Show me a hero and I’ll show you a tragedy. Instead, a thorough study of the life and legacy of the man produces fascinating insights calling upon us to be prepared for greatness of mind. It is a hero’s triumph over tragedy, for you see, Michael Jackson is an unparalleled influence in our world. Once introduced to the artistry, it becomes a part of you like nothing else can. His capacity to produce emotion and intimacy of heart upon others achieves even greater effect when led by circumstances in his personal life. He chose to make a path rather than following a trail, which meant reaching into uncharted territories, challenging the status quo, raising the level of debate in the world…and understanding full well the meaning of Socrates: When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Michael was willing to offer himself up for the greater good, winning the debate…knowing the price. That level of commitment has influenced masses of people of all ages and cultures and colors and religions, inspiring voices around the world to take on the messages Michael lived. Michael Jackson’s relevancy reaches beyond now and forevermore.

The range of Michael’s genius includes musical composition and songwriting, vocal landscape, rhythm mastery, poetry, prose, original dance and choreography, performance and visionary and creative storytelling, humanitarian outreach and Utopian blueprint. His fertile mind did not grasp defeat, but rather saw opportunity and potential in people who could achieve this better world. He guides us with his God-given gifts, chosen for a single purpose…to show the world how to love.

When we listen to his music, we find the loved stored there. When we watch his performances, we find the love stored there. When we read his words, we find the love stored there. When we watch his storytelling through dance and short film, we find the love stored there. When we see him sit on the floors of orphanages and hospitals all over the world, we find the love stored there. When we watch him with children, we find the love stored there. When we see him knocked down and watch him get back up again, the love is stored there. When we visit Neverland and see a Utopian world created for all, we find the love stored there.

“I believe Michael was sent here to earth to entertain us, to bring us all together and bring awareness to healing the world, and to dazzle us with his dance moves, just to inspire everybody to be a better person.”

Mengesha “Mystro” Francis pianist

~Watching Michael work was like watching what Michelangelo must have gone through. He was a genius~

Frank Dileo

“Michael wanted to revolutionize the way tours were being done. He was always thinking like a great producer, too. He was telling us we needed to design a way to maximize the audience that could see him with less travel time for him and the company. So, he proposed setting up the show for 2 or 3 months in a single location, make that portal, as opposed to being on a plane, jumping from city to city twice a week. Just as he did on the History Tour, when we went to Northern Africa. The idea was to get up in a region that was struggling and could really benefit economically from having us there. Everything Michael did came from a place of love and commitment to do good. That’s the way he was with us working on the show. You felt like you were being nurtured, constantly stimulated and encouraged to come up with the best ideas in a collective situation. And that’s where his art was coming from. His concept was not just to make a great song you could dance to. His way was to reel you in and get your attention so then you’d get the deep message. That was the science to it. That’s why his music transcended generations, appealed to children and older people…everyone.”

Travis Payne Michael Jackson’s This Is It Tour Plans

“When I was a little boy, he was my hero. When I was a young man, he was my sanity, taking me away from the pain of life and filling my heart with joy and wonder. When I was 13, I saw him live in concert and from the second he arrived on stage, I knew what I was going to do for the rest of my life. It was September 1987, and I have to this day never seen anything more extraordinary. To this day, I have never seen a reaction from an audience like the one he received. I’ve never seen magic and glitter through the air and witnessed that electricity start up hearts the way he did that night. And now, I’m certain the world never again will. Thank you, Michael Jackson, on behalf of the dreamers of the world. The world is a duller place without you. I’m privileged to have lived in the same lifetime to witness even a moment of your glory.”

Darren Hayes of Savage Garden

“Michael Jackson did something that no one else in history has managed…he connected with people of every level imaginable…all over the world. He seemed to speak to people at their very core and achieved the impossible. He reached people on a deep emotional level. And that is what any great artist or showman dreams of doing. That is why Michael Jackson was so special to me.”

David Blaine Illusionist

“As I think back to all the musicians I’ve done music videos for, I cannot think of anybody that has had that electrifying a presence when they kick in.”

Nick Brandt, Fine Art Photographer and Film Director

Michael not only set music alight, he has set us alight. His influence inspires us to strive to be our better selves. Through his work ethic, we have learned preparedness. Through his enormous heart, we have found ours. We look to Michael for answers when the winds of challenge tear at the very fabric of our faith. Because Michael’s legacy is a vast tapestry of artistic endeavor touching on every aspect of the human condition, his influence connects worldwide. “He was a messenger, and like all messengers before him, the message was clear, and we often persecuted them for it…Joan of Arc, JFK, Gandhi, MLK, Jesus, all were saying the same thing and were extinguished because of it.” Dan Reed.

Michael Jackson’s artistry, his humanitarian efforts, his generosity and kindnesses are etched on our souls. His influence reaches far beyond his passing. We are the messengers of his legacy, crying out as one voice. Producing efforts in us, his unconditional love will never die.

“You give of your talents, of your ability. The talent that was given you by the Heavens. That’s why we’re here, to bring a sense of escapism in a time of need. If you’re a painter, you paint. If you’re a sculptor, you sculpt. If you’re a writer, you write. If you’re a songwriter, you write songs. If you’re a dancer, you dance. You give people some love and some bliss and some escapism and show them that you truly care from the heart. And, that you are there for them. YOU ARE THERE FOR THEM. And, that’s what I did. It’s an important thing.”

Michael Jackson October 2001

“Let’s take this love and give it to all the people everywhere, in every corner of the earth. And, that’s what we can give. And, that will make the difference. That will make the change. It’s very important.”